Photo: Eric.stewart · CC BY-SA 4.0Kings County, Subdivision D has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Census day 2021 found 12% of Kings County, Subdivision D’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Half the households in Kings County, Subdivision D had more than $72,200 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 72% of people aged 15 to 64 in Kings County, Subdivision D had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What the numbers say about work in Kings County, Subdivision D
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 72% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 50%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $72,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Kings County, Subdivision D grades C
Better than 31% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #38 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
Earnings at home in Kings County, Subdivision D: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 60% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Nova Scotia’s towns, where the median is $69,150, Kings County, Subdivision D sits 4% above. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Kings census division has a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A commuter town: Kings County, Subdivision D sends out more workers than it takes in
Each person commuting in is matched by about 3 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 22% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
78% of Kings County, Subdivision D’s residents in work leave it to work; Kings County, Subdivision C takes the most
- Kings County, Subdivision C105
- Kings County, Subdivision B100
- Wolfville95
- Kingston50
- Windsor40
- Kentville25
- Halifax20
- Annapolis County, Subdivision C10
- Berwick10
- Glooscap 3510
In the other direction the biggest source is Kings County, Subdivision C, with 105.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Kings County, Subdivision D
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Kings census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 50% were working. In October 2026, 56% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 57% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
Leaving the car at home: 5.1% of commuters in Kings County, Subdivision D
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Only 18% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Kings County, Subdivision D average 24.1 minutes
Trips under 15 minutes: 37%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. 6.7% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns has 5.6%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.5 minutes. In the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns, the average commute is 23 minutes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
In the Kings census division, 11% more people receive EI than in 2019
At its peak, in May 2021, 3,880 people were on EI, 2.3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.6 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Kings census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Kings County, Subdivision D grades C for walkability
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #58 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Kings County, Subdivision D next to Canadian towns of 4,600 to 8,800: 504th of 691 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 115 | Hubley Nova Scotia | 6,337 | 79% | 7.4% | $112K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 126 | Upper Tantallon Nova Scotia | 5,248 | 80% | 8.6% | $129K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 295 | Dutch Settlement Nova Scotia | 6,234 | 73% | 9% | $104K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 502 | Forest Hill Ontario | 5,760 | 66% | 13% | $86K | C |
| 503 | Mount Royal Saskatchewan | 5,292 | 67% | 9.4% | $66K | C |
| 504 | Kings County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 6,517 | 72% | 12% | $72K | C |
| 505 | Centre Quebec | 6,627 | 77% | 7.8% | $67K | C |
| 506 | La Broquerie Manitoba | 7,808 | 74% | 5.8% | $84K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 691 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Kings County, Subdivision D, and others among Nova Scotia’s towns.
Work in the places around Kings County, Subdivision D
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, Subdivision D | 72% | 12% | $72K | 24.1 min | C | C |
| Wolfville 2.7 km | 63% | 19% | $58K | 21 min | D | A− |
| Kings County, Subdivision B 11.6 km | 69% | 12% | $68K | 21.6 min | C | C+ |
| Kings County, Subdivision C 12.6 km | 70% | 10% | $65K | 18.6 min | C | B |
| Kentville 13.5 km | 72% | 9.4% | $68K | 18.7 min | C+ | B+ |
| Windsor 18.3 km | 69% | 10% | $70K | 31.7 min | D | C |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Kings County, Subdivision D, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Kings County, Subdivision D
How do people in Kings County, Subdivision D get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 5.1% walk, and on census day 18% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Kings County, Subdivision D?
About 24.1 minutes on average, with 37% under a quarter-hour and 6.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Kings County, Subdivision D work?
22% work in Kings County, Subdivision D itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Kings County, Subdivision C (220), then Windsor (210).
How many jobs are there in Kings County, Subdivision D?
Statistics Canada counted 190 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Kings County, Subdivision D?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 12% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Annapolis Valley economic region at 4.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Kings County, Subdivision D?
Before tax, half the households in Kings County, Subdivision D had more than $72,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).